A song so good they played it twice

Hello, hello! The guys at the @U2 blog report that U2 played Vertigo TWICE at tonight’s concert in Seattle. Instead of bowing out with ’40’, as they have been doing so far on this tour, they repeated their hit single, as if they were a young band on their first tour and ran out of songs to play. How. very. odd.

Update: reader Shaun suggests they may have been filming the song for their Good Morning, America appearance.

At last night’s concert, my first U2 experience, I wanted to hear ’40’ (and expected it, from what I had read in blogs) so I felt disappointed. But it was still fun. If I remember correctly, before going into the Vertigo finale, Bono declared an “English lesson”…giving the (supposed?) etymological root of “encore” and then defining the word as “playing the same f—— song again!”

At last night’s concert, my first U2 experience, I wanted to hear ’40’ (and expected it, from what I had read in blogs) so I felt disappointed. But it was still fun. If I remember correctly, before going into the Vertigo finale, Bono declared an “English lesson”…giving the (supposed?) etymological root of “encore” and then defining the word as “playing the same f—— song again!”

This concert was WAY better than Anaheim 1 which I was also at. It was very cool seeing Vertigo twice, BUT they difinately should have played 40 also. We all expected them to, lights stayed off and no one left, just like in Anaheim, and the guys didn’t come back out. But of course the real highlight was BAD….
Also, Bono did the Zoo TV walk at the beginning of Zoo Station.

This concert was WAY better than Anaheim 1 which I was also at. It was very cool seeing Vertigo twice, BUT they difinately should have played 40 also. We all expected them to, lights stayed off and no one left, just like in Anaheim, and the guys didn’t come back out. But of course the real highlight was BAD….
Also, Bono did the Zoo TV walk at the beginning of Zoo Station.

You know you’re way too old and grumpy when you complain about shit like this. It’s definitely a case of “out of touch with rock and roll” when you think you’re paying for a concert by the song or some such nonsense. Suck it up, people. This is rock and roll, not a trip to Denny’s where you didn’t get as much maple syrup for your waffles as you’d hoped.

You know you’re way too old and grumpy when you complain about shit like this. It’s definitely a case of “out of touch with rock and roll” when you think you’re paying for a concert by the song or some such nonsense. Suck it up, people. This is rock and roll, not a trip to Denny’s where you didn’t get as much maple syrup for your waffles as you’d hoped.